Bale-stay band.



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. NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

`W`ATSON M. HOLMES, OEI-IOOSICK FALLS, NEW YORK', ASSIGNOR TO THE PLANTERS OOMFRESS COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SALE-STAY BAND.

ySJEECI'FICHIION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 679,845; dated .August 6, 1901. Application led January 16, 1901. Serial No. 43,492. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom` it may concer-n.1

Be it known that I, WATSON M. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hoosick Falls, inthe county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Bale-Stay Band, of which the following is a speciiication. This invention relates to bale-stay bands.

The object of the invention is to provide 1o means for retaining the bale-stays in efticient engaging relation with respect to the bale during the removal of the bale from the press and until the permanent securing wires or devices are appliedto thebale.

I5 A further object of the invention is to provide a construction and arrangement ofbalestay band, which may be applied'without arresting the continuous operation of the press.

A further object of the invention is to pro- 2o vide a construction of bale-stay band or similar device which is simple in construction, which may be readily and easily applied, and which is efficient in operation.

Other objects ofthe invention will appear e 5 more fully hereinafter.

The invention consists, substantially, in the construction, combination, location, and arrangement, all as will be more fully hereinafter set forth, as shownV in the accompanying drawings, and finally pointed out in the appended claims. 4

Referring to the accompanying drawings and to the various views and reference-signs appearing thereon, Figure 1 is a broken view, 3 5 in longitudinal section, of a portion of a compressing apparatus, showing bale-detaching devices and stays in position ready for actuation to effect a detachment of the bale and the temporary clamping of the detached bale to the bale-base, the bale-stay band or securing device being shown applied toone of thebalestays. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. -Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, the bale-stays being shown projected into the compressed column and the bale-stay band or securing device being shown in applied position. Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig 1 looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 5 is a detached detail view in perspective of the hook portion of the balestay band or securing device. Fig.

6 is a' broken detailview, in side elevation, ot' the part shown in Fig. 5, illustrating the arrangement for securing the bale-stay band or securing device to the hook portion.

The same part is designated by the same reference-sign wherever it occurs throughout the several Views.

In patents to George A. Lowry, No. 630,369, 6o issued August 8, 1899, No. 645,728, issued March 20, 1900, and No. 645,7 34, issued March 20, 1900, are set forth and described a compressing apparatus for compressing fibrous or other material, in which the material is compressed and highlycondensed in the form of a constantly-lengthening column of high density. Said patents also disclose means for detaching a suitable length from said compressed column to form a commercial bale, 7o and the application of bale-stays to the detached portion to prevent endwise expansion thereof While said detached portion is being removed from the compressing apparatus and until the permanent wires or other securing devices may be applied thereto. By reason of the tendency of the detached portion to ,expand endwise it has been found that the bale-stays are liable to be forced out of engaging relation with respect to the end of the 8o detached portion or bale, thereby allowing the bale to expandbefore the permanent wires have been applied, and in order to avoid this objection it has been usually customary when the bale-stays are projected into the column of compressed material to apply a holdingband around the stays in order to prevent such stays from separating or spreading apart or being forced by the endwise expansion of the bale. The present invention relates par- 9o ticularly to a construction and arrangement for accomplishing this purpose in a most efficient, simple, and expeditious manner, and

while applicable for use` generally as a balestay-securing devicev it is particularly' desir- 95 able for use oncontinuously-running presses, whereby such stay-band or securing device may be applied to the bale-stays'without arresting the operation of the pressk while the bale-stays are being applied and -a bale is roo being detached and removed from the compressing apparatus.

' and bale, renders this form of stay-'band or se.v

or any convenient construction and arrangenxenu, as fully' set forth. in the patenbsabove referred to, the loale-` bays F being' arrasa-:gedV

to engageren. on with the bale-*ease D 'ale-ds beasfolerrei into the compressed column of material to grip or clamp between such, blades or knives and the bale-base D a length of the compressed column to form a bale, as fully set forth in the patents mentioned.

A designates a forging or casting, to one end of which is secured a stay-band or securing device B, said forging or casting adapted to be detachably engaged with a. bale-stay and the stay-band or secu ring deviceB adapted to be passed around the baleand in encircling relation with respect to the bale-stays and getachably secu red'to the forging or casting Many dierent constructions of stay-bands or secu ring devices may be employed; but in practice I prefer to employ a iexible bandy which can be readilyencircled around the bale-stays and bale. The particular form of band or securing device shown, to which, however, my invention is not to be limited or restricted, comprises a chain, which, by reason of its iexibility andthe ease and facility-with which it may be passed around the bale-stays curing device particularly desirable. Moreover, by the use of a chain little tendency or liability of the band or 'securing device to stretch longitudinally is developed. Ofcourse it isobvious that otherforms of bands or securing devices may equally well answer the.

purpose, such asfarope, wire cable, or other4 form of band. p

The band or securing device B may be attached to the forging or castingAin any suitable or convenient mannere-as, for instance, by providing -iny one end of said casting or forging a, hook or eyeiety a, which affords means of attachment of liand B: to said forging or casting. V

The casting or forging A may be. suitably constructed to detachably engage-with a bale.- stayand also to afford means of attachment ofthe free end ofthe band or holding device B thereto after such band or holding device has been passed around the bale and the stay is applied thereto. A simple and convenient, construction for attaining these objects is stricted thereto, as changes therein and v-ariations therefrom would readily suggest themselves to persons skilled in the art a'nd'still fall within the spirit and scope of my invention. In the particular form shown the forg- Yehe space a5 enel-ebenween.Y

ing or casting A 1s provided with an enlarged head a'-, having formed integrally therewith or otherwise suitably secured thereto suitable angular flanges or projections a2 a5. The projection or :flange a3 is fox-med into the ngers (1,4, slightly separated from each other to form e ange or projection cs2-,may be fox-mea into a. VIxool: to afford means for detach( b1 engaging x; e fox-ging er casting te a. al -eea.y, and the ange or projection as may aEord means for readily attaching the free end of the bale- `stay band or securing device B thereto.

The operation is as follows: Assuming the press to be in operation and the bale-stays to be carried around or revolved about the bale in the usual manner and in the direction indicated by the arrows in Figs. 2 and 4 now in order to apply the bale-stay band or securing device the hook portion of the forging or l casting A is engaged with a bale-stay F in fthe manne-r clearly shown in Fig. 2.

The continued operation of the press carries the hook around with the bale-stay, the operator allowing the band or securing device Bto slip 'i through `his hand, at the same time suitably guiding the same around the bale-stays until a complete revolution has been accomplished. i At this point the knives, blades, or other suitable devices G of the stays are projected into Ithe compressed column, as shown in Fig. 3, said devices being shown in retracted position in Fig. 1. At the same time the staylband or securing device is drawn tightly around and is applied in engaging relation i with respect to the hook or casting A, as most vclearly shown in Fig. 4..

In the particular construction shown this application is effected .by inserting flatwise one of the links of the chain into the space a5 between the ngers'of, as clearlyshow-n in Fig. 6. i, The next adjacent link of the chain, occupying crosswise `relation, takes bearing against the inner surface of the flange as o'r the lfingers 0.4 thereof, thereby efficiently, but detachably, locking or securing the chain to the hook or casting A. Thus it will be seen that-the balestays are efciently locked or held against i tached bale between the knives, blades, or other devices Gand the bale-base D until the permanent wires or tiesare applied.

show-n in the drawings; but it is toV be understood that my invention is not limited or re- As above indicated, while a bale-stay band of the character set forth is particularly well adapted forfuse in connection with continuously-operating presses and may be applied IOO IIO

inents of presses and where thepress is not continuously operated, for it is obvious that the bale-band may be passed by and around and in encircling relation With respect to the bale-stays and bale.

The bale-stay band or securing device constructed as above described may be readily detached from encircling relation with respect to the bale and bale-stays after the permanent securing bands or ties have been ap-` plied to the detached bale in a most simple and expeditious manner by merely detachin g the free end of the band B from engaging relation with respect to the head of the casting or forging A and unwinding the band from around the bale and bale-stays and then detaching the hook from the particular stay With which it has been engaged.

It is obvious that many variations and l. The combination with a bale-stay, of a bale-stay band or securing device, means for detachably connecting one end thereof to said bale-stay the other end arranged tobe passed around and in encircling relation with respect to the bale, and means for holding the free end of said band or device in such encircling relation, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination With a bale-stay, of a bale-stay band or securing device, means for detachably connecting the same at one end to said bale-stay, the other end arranged to be passed around in encircling relation with respect to the bale, and means for detachably holding the free end of said band or device in such encircling relation, as and for the purpose set forth. l

3. The combination with bale-stays and a hook arranged to be detachably engaged with a bale-stay, of a band or securing device connected at one end to said hook, the other end of said band arranged to be passed around and in encircling relation with respect to the bale-stays, and means for detachably connecting said band at the free end thereof to said hook, as and for the purpose set forth.

4f. The combination with bale-stays a casting or forging having a hook, said hook arranged to be detachably engaged with a balestay, of a band or securing device connected at one end to said casting or forging the other end thereof arranged to be passed around and in encircling relation With respect to the bale# stays, and means formed on said hook for detachably engaging said band at its free end, as and for the purpose set forth. V

5. The combination with bale-stays and a tforging or casting having a fiange or projec-v tion, adapted to form a hook to detachably engage a bale-stay, of a band or securing de'- vice connected at one end to said forging or casting, and means formed on said forging or casting for detachably engaging the other end of said band or securing device, whereby after passing around in encircling relation Wi th respect to the bale-stays, said end may be de` tachably held by said casting or forging, as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination With a casting or forgs ing having flanges or projections, one of said flanges or projections forming a hook for de-A tachable engagement with a bale-stay, and the other provided with fingers, of a stay'-l band or securing device connected at one end to said forging or casting, and adapted to be passed around and in encircling relation with respect to the bale-stays, and to be detachably received between said fingers, as and for the purposeset forth. i

7. A bale-staysecuring device comprising a casting having a hook adapted to detachably engage a bale-stay, a chain connected at one end to said casting the other end of said chain arranged to be passed around and in encircling relation with respect to the bale-stays, said casting provided with fingers arranged to engage the free end of said chain to hold the same in encircling relation, as and for thepurpose set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 11th day of January, 1901, in the4 presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

WATSON M HOLMES.

' Witnesses:

WM. M. Runnin, NATHANIEL LEE JOHNSON. 

